Malevolent sorcerer and costume shop owner Ethan Rayne (Robin Sachs)
casts a spell that turns the children of Sunnydale into their Halloween costumes
whereupon children wearing ghoul masks become actual ghouls
and attack kindly old ladies.
This is remarkably similar to Conal Cochran's (Dan O'Herlihy) plan in HALLOWEEN III to turn children into piles of killer snakes and spiders via his Stonehenge-powered mask factory.
In BUFFY, this also means that Xander (Nicholas Brendon) becomes a soldier,
and Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) becomes a helpless duchess from the 1700s.
This is all pretty absurd, but no more absurd than the glory that is HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH. Happy Halloween, everybody!
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4 comments:
Nice work, Sean! Catching up on your Halloween Countdown tonight. Every year without fail you manage to work "Halloween 3" into the conversation. Thank you for that. (Tonight I'm watching Halloween 5.) Enjoy your night!
Jason,
Thanks, man––hope you had a nice Halloween!
Wow. I never thought to make this connection but I can totally see what you're saying. Carpy's influence is everywhere!
J.D.,
Indeed! (Obviously, I never underestimate the staying power of HALLOWEEN III.)
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